Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
FOREIGN.


TIE circulation of two Paris news pa
pers has been prohibited il Alsace-L or-
raine.
The Emperor of China has postponed
his marriage because the Imperial ex
chequer is too low to stand it.
The suppressed branches of the Irish
league keep on holding meetings ia open
defiance of the government.
THE death is announced of Mrs Craik
(Dinah Maria Mulock) of London, the
authoress.
SIR WILLIAM gull, the distinguished
physician, of London, has been stricken
with paralysis. His mind continues clear.
THE Scottish Liberal Association has
deputed Messrs. A. G. Brown and Angus
Sutherland, members of Parliament, to
visit Ireland TO assure the people of their
sympathy.
THE Queen Regent has signed decree
authorizing the construction of six iron
clads of 1000 tons each, which shall be
capable of attaining speed of from six
teen to twenty miles an hour; also, sour
large and six small torpedo boats.
The Bonn zeitung says that the Bish-
ops OF Salisbury Sand Lichhsld are at
Bonn comforting with Bishop Reinkeins
on the relations of the Church of Eng
land with the Old Catholics.
The alliaAce of Italy, Germany, and
Austria has been renewed for five years.
Italy reserves the right to maintain alb
solute neutrality in the event of Franco
German war.
The petroleum flowing out of the wells
at Baku is seriously inundating the
town. 1t is impossible to store the oil.
The japanese government has request
/ ed the Italian government to appoint q
lawyer TO proceed to japan TO act as the
/ legal adviser of tho Japanese authori-
/ ties.
II is stated that the Emperor of Brazil,
! has announced his intention of abdicat-
ing his throne owing to his health being
| impaired.
PRINCE B1sMABoK, on the twenty fifth
anniversary of his CHARACTERISTIC, re-
ceived a writing desk made from cannon
balls. On accepting the anomalous pre-
sent, he exclaimed, God grant that can
non balls may always be as peacefully
employedH
The produce associations report for
September says that the cotton crop will
probably equal that of last season, name
! iy 100000 oantars, gross. The quality
of the crop in Upper Egypt has improY-
ed, but it is too early to Judge of the
crop in Lower Egypt. The weather was
hot and favorable to cotton,
TWELVE peasants who left the town of
Pnesti, sixty-fve miles north of Buchar-
est, TO destroy the wolves which infest
the district, were overpowered by the fer
oceous beasts and seven of them were de-
voured. The remaining five escaped
badly mangled
The organ of the war Office says Ayoub
Khan has reached Ghanzi. His iphuence,
the paper adds, has so seriously affected
the situation in Afghanistan that the
ameer's position in Cabul has become
one of extreme difficulty, and he evident
ly doubts of ultimate success, for he Is
sendng his treasure and valuables to
/ Khana-I- Bad.
INTELLIGENCE has been received that an
outbreak has occurred among the Chi
nese soldiers stationed in Dublaschan, on
this Russo. Chinese frontier. Several OF
fcers we're murdered. quantity of mu
nltions and sum of money belonging to
the government was seized by the mutin
GERS The commander-in- CHEF OF the
troops was panic stricken and fled
LATER reports from China respecting
the China. American banker and tele
graphic syndicate for which County
1 Mitkiewiez negotiated concessions, ere
very conflicting, 1t is STATED that Yen
a.. ,g no
strongly petitioned the empress not tl
grant the proposed concessions, and tht
/ China Merchants company has repudiat
all connection with the syndicate. Eng
lish interests in China have been endea
voring to prevent the final oonsumma
tion of the grant to America.